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BTB got me thinking. Why do some people think that if you eat over 150 grams it's a huge issue and you are schwanging on supplement companies but they don't hesitate to advise an unbalanced amount of carbs?

Every bodybuilder in the last 40 years is uneducated and has it wrong? If they are using it, and it is working, I would say they have protein feedings pretty well under control.

All that this proves is that there are multiple ways of doing things. That doesn't prove that they are optimal or even better. A prime example, as Lyle pointed out, Martin Berkhan who regularly practices intermittent-fasting.

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Furthermore, Lyle McDonald is not exactly a bodybuilder.

To write off Lyle McDonald's educated perspective, based on the simple fact that he does not look like a bodybuilder (not even taking into account if his goals are relative at all), would be a very ignorant statement. Research can/does support his opinions in almost every case that he writes a review on. To say that personal experiences are somehow holds more value than that would also be foolish.

You're not going to hear me argue that meal frequency doesn't work, but to suggest that anything other is equal to or less ideal, IMO would be an uneducated statement. Working, and having advantages over, are two totally different animals.

This can't be true. People are different, and so are their bodies. There's no way that 30g protein is all that the body of a 5'8" 180lber can handle, and the same for a 6'2" 275lber?

No way.

I agree with you. I have heard this debate over and over again. What's the harm in even eating 40 grams per meal or eating more when you feel hungry? I would rather land on the safe side than to undereat.

Then I see these same guys talking about how everyone is different. I guess this doesn't apply to protein?